# 1977–78 VfL Bochum season

The 1977–78 VfL Bochum season was the 40th season in club history.

## Matches
### Legend

Win  Draw  Loss

### DFB-Pokal
## Squad
### Squad and statistics
#### Squad, appearances and goals scored

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Bundesliga | Bundesliga | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Pokal |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | FW | FRG | Hans-Joachim Abel (since 25 October 1977) | 21 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Dieter Bast | 32 | 11 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| | FW | FRG | Heinz-Werner Eggeling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Michael Eggert | 36 | 3 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Wolfgang Euteneuer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Klaus Franke | 31 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Hartmut Fromm (until 31 August 1977) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Hermann Gerland | 32 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Matthias Herget | 34 | 2 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Paul Holz | 31 | 5 | 28 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| | FW | FRG | Josef Kaczor | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Hans-Jürgen Köper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Peter Kursinski | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Michael Lameck | 38 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Reinhard Mager | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Hans-Joachim Pochstein | 18 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Werner Schachten | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Ralf Schaffeld | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | FRG | Werner Scholz | 35 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| | FW | FRG | Dieter Schwemmle | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| | MF | FRG | Franz-Josef Tenhagen | 37 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| | MF | FRG | Holger Trimhold | 38 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Dieter Versen | 16 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Klaus Wischniewski | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | FRG | Lothar Woelk | 37 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
* Source:

### Transfers
#### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | FRG | Hans-Joachim Abel (from SC Westfalia Herne) |
| — | MF | FRG | Dieter Bast (from Rot-Weiss Essen) |
| — | MF | FRG | Ralf Schaffeld (from Rheingold Emmerich) |
| — | FW | FRG | Dieter Schwemmle (from AC Bellinzona) |
| — | DF | FRG | Lothar Woelk (from Eintracht Recklinghausen) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | FRG | Werner Balte (retired) |
| — | DF | FRG | Hartmut Fromm (to SC Westfalia Herne) |

## Sources

* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bor. Mönchengladbach 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Köln – VfL Bochum 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hertha BSC 5:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Werder Bremen – VfL Bochum 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – MSV Duisburg 1:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bayern München – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1860 München 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Braunschweig – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Frankfurt 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Saarbrücken – VfL Bochum 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Kaiserslautern 0:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC Schalke 04 – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – VfB Stuttgart 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hamburger SV – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "FC St. Pauli – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Borussia Dortmund 1:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Fortuna Düsseldorf – VfL Bochum 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Bor. Mönchengladbach – VfL Bochum 2:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Köln 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Hertha BSC – VfL Bochum 4:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Werder Bremen 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "MSV Duisburg – VfL Bochum 0:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Bayern München 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1860 München – VfL Bochum 2:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Eintracht Braunschweig 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Eintracht Frankfurt – VfL Bochum 5:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – 1. FC Saarbrücken 4:2" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "1. FC Kaiserslautern – VfL Bochum 4:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – FC Schalke 04 1:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfB Stuttgart – VfL Bochum 3:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Hamburger SV 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – FC St. Pauli 4:0" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Borussia Dortmund – VfL Bochum 5:3" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "VfL Bochum – Fortuna Düsseldorf 2:1" (in German). kicker.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik VfB Oldenburg gegen VfL Bochum 0:2 (0:1)" [Match statistic VfB Oldenburg vs. VfL Bochum 0–2 (0–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik FC St. Pauli gegen VfL Bochum 0:3 (0:1)" [Match statistic FC St. Pauli vs. VfL Bochum 0–3 (0–1)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik Freiburger FC gegen VfL Bochum 2:6 (0:4)" [Match statistic Freiburger FC vs. VfL Bochum 2–6 (0–4)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.
* ↑ "Spielstatistik Borussia Mönchengladbach gegen VfL Bochum 3:0 (0:0)" [Match statistic Borussia Mönchengladbach vs. VfL Bochum 3–0 (0–0)] (in German). fussballdaten.de.